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Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, 18 Vesey St., N. Y 




Santa Claus’ Busy Day 

A PLAY IN ONE ACT 


BY 

Z. HARTMAN 

* i 

Author of "Santa Claus Behind the Times ” 


Copyright, 1924, by 
Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation 




Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation 
Successor to 
Dick & Fitzgerald 
18 Yesey Street New York 


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Santa Claus’ Busy Day 


CHARACTERS 

FAIRIES 

Santa Claus 

Mrs. Santa Claus . His wife 

Miss Trixy } 

Miss Nixy (■ .. Santa’s secretaries 

Miss Pixy ) 

Zero, a grouchy old fairy . The doorkeeper 

Ajax.. Foreman of the toy factory 

Stable Boy . Who tends the reindeer 

Jack Frost . The snow fairies’ uncle 

Miss Perky Periwinkle, An elderly fairy; Polar Super¬ 
visor of the Amalgamated Christmas Charities of 
the World 

Six Snow Fairies (girls) . Who dress dolls 

Six Snow Fairies (boys ).... Who make mechanical toys 

HUMAN BEINGS 

Prof. E. Cypher Fussbutton, Representative of the 
North American Association for the Scientific In¬ 
vestigation of Unscientific Myths 
Peter Possum . .The runaway boy 

Time:— Five days before Christmas. Locality:— Kris 
Kringle Land. 

Time of Playing :— Thirty imputes. 

SCENE 

Very simple interior. Santa’s office. 

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SYNOPSIS 

It is Santa’s busy day in the toy factory and he wants 
no disturbance. Nevertheless, the interruptions are 
many. One of them is a boy who declares he is lost; 
he is allowed to stay and work in the toy factory. Santa 
thinks his toy factory is a model one until a strike 
breaks out. He does not know what to make of such 
behavior and sends for Jack Frost, who takes the Snow 
Fairies’ temperatures, finds them feverish and locates 
the trouble. It is the new boy who built a fire in a toy 
cook-stove and so raised the temperature that the Snow 
Fairies almost melted. The boy is dragged before 
Santa, confesses the motive for coming was his greed 
for toys, and is sent home in disgrace. Santa then re¬ 
turns to his neglected correspondence. 

COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS 

Santa and Mrs. Santa. The conventional red Santa 
Claus suits trimmed with white fur for Santa,' with 
color scheme repeated in Mrs. Santa’s suit. High fur- 
trimmed boots for Santa. 

Six Doll Dressers or Snow Fairies. White paper 
muslin dresses with short skirts made full and stiff to 
stand out; pointed elfin caps and a pair of small white 
tarlatan wings to be adjusted between the shoulders of 
each child. 

Six Toy Makers or Snow Fairies. White paper mus¬ 
lin elf suits with pointed elfin caps and a pair of white 
tarlatan wings between the* shoulders. 

Miss Trixy, Miss Nixy and Miss Pixy. Santa’s sec¬ 
retaries. They may be distinguished from the other 
fairies by wearing blue paper muslin suits with longer 
skirts, and by the following badges of erudition: A quill 
pen behind Miss Trixy’s ear; a pair of smart eye-glasses 
on Miss Nixy’s nose, and a green shade over Miss 
Pixy’s eyes. 

Zero. A grouchy old fairy with rheumatism. Elf 


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suit of gray paper muslin and cap of same material; no 
wings. He wears a gray beard and walks all humped 
over and limps like an old man. 

Ajax. Elf suit and cap of gray paper muslin; he 
also wears a large gray work apron. No wings. 

Stable Boy. Elf suit of gray paper muslin and cap 
of same material. No wings. 

Jack Frost. White paper muslin hat with small brim 
and pointed crown; long white mantle of somewhat 
heavy, clinging material that entirely envelopes him, 
trailing behind; white wig and long white beard. Man¬ 
tle, hat and beard should be sprinkled heavily with 
artificial snow to give a frosty appearance. He carries 
a thermometer about a foot and a half long. 

Miss Perky Periwinkle. An elderly fairy in horn¬ 
rimmed glasses with a twinkle in her eye. Wears a poke 
bonnet and a Mother Goose cloak; carries a list of names. 

Prof. Fussbutton. A bustling little man, goggle-eyed 
in immense horn spectacles. 

Peter Possum. A regular boy’s suit. 

♦ 

INCIDENTAL PROPERTIES 

Large, heavy-rimmed, reading glasses for Santa. 

Six half-dressed dolls and six work-baskets for the 
Snow Fairies. 

Heavy rimmed spectacles, note-book and pencil for 
Prof. Fussbutton. 

A large thermometer, about a foot and a half long, for 
Jack Frost. 

Quill pen for Miss Trixy. 

Eye-glasses for Miss Nixy. 

Eye-shade for Miss Pixy. 

Visiting card for Zero. 

STAGE DIRECTIONS 

As seen by a performer on the stage facing the audi¬ 
ence, c. d. means door in center of rear; d. l., door at 
left; up, toward back of stage; down, toward footlights. 


Santa Claus’ Busy Day 


SCENE. —Santa Claus’ office. Door in center of rear 
stage, also a door down l. which leads into the work¬ 
room of the toy factory. Santa’s desk is down r. 
Telephone, writing material and a huge ledger on 
desk. A large table at which Santa’s Secretaries 
work is up r. A big stack of letters on table. Six 
stools up l. between c. d. and d. l. DISCOVERED 
Santa Claus writing at desk, Trixy, Nixy and. 
Pixy busy at table sorting letters. Door at L. is 
open, and an air of bustle and business pervades the 
room. 

Santa {calling). Mother, how are the snow fairies 
working ? 

ENTER Mrs. Santa d. l., bustling in. 

Mrs. Santa. Fine, Santa, fine! The foreman thinks 
we shall get through the Christmas rush in plenty of 
time for your trip. 

Santa {with a sigh of relief). That’s good! Don’t 
let anyone disturb me to-day, mother. I never had so 
much work to do in my life before. 

Mrs. Santa. All right, my dear, I’ll shoo ’em away 
from this door and Zero shall have his orders about the 
front door. {Calls) Zero, Zero! 

ENTER Zero at c. d. Standing in doorway, he stares 
glumly at Mrs. Santa. 

Mrs. Santa. Zero, this is Santa’s busy day. Don’t 
let anyone disturb him. 


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Zero ( growling ). I’ll make ’em tell their business. 
I’ll keep ’em'out, I will! ( Limps out, closing door and 
muttering to himself) 

Mrs. Santa. I must have those doll dressers right 
here under my eye, or they’ll never get through. 
( Beckons into the workroom) Come, snow fairies. 

ENTER from d. l. six Snow Fairies, each with a half- 
dressed doll on one arm and a work-basket on the 
other. They gather around Mrs. Santa, chattering. 

Doll Dressers ( all talking at once). Oh, Mother 
Santa, please show me about this! Is that right ? Look 
at this, Mother Santa, etc. 

Mrs. Santa. Sh! Not so loud! You’ll bother Fa¬ 
ther Santa! ( They sit in a semicircle on stools up l. 
while Mrs. Santa shows them about their work in dumb 
show) 

Santa (meanwhile has put on a pair of reading-glasses 
and is studying a huge ledger which he has spread open 
before him. To his Secretaries). Let’s get on with the 
mail. Miss Trixy, you read the first letter. 

Trixy. This seems to be from a very poor child, Fa¬ 
ther Santa. She says: “Please, I should like to have a 
handkerchief and a popcorn ball. And could you bring 
me a new pair of shoes? My toes stick out of the old 
ones. And I need some mittens. Mine are ragged and 
get my hands cold. This is all, from your little friend, 
Clara Roth.” 

Santa ( making note of it in ledger). Bless her heart! 
How little she asks! She shall have it all, and we’ll 
throw in a few extras! Read the next one, Miss Nixy. 

Nixy. You’ll like the tone of this one, Father Santa. 
“Dear Santa,—We are a little girl and boy that have 
lots of toys already. Please take the toys you meant 
for us and give them to the Brady children, that live 
on the street behind us. They are terribly poor and 
won’t get a single present unless you remember them. 
We don’t want anything except a pair of skis apiece 
from Kris Kringle Land, to remember you by. Yours 


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truly- ’’ {Scuffle at c. d. interrupts her. Zero ap¬ 

pears, trying to hold back the Stable Boy, who breaks 
away from him and bursts into the office. Santa, an¬ 
noyed, turns to look at him) 

Stable Boy. Father Santa, those reindeer have the 
Old Nick in ’em! That ornery Dancer has kicked 
Prancer so hard that now Prancer has gone lame! Shall 
I give him a good rub-down with liniment? 

Santa {worried). 1 should say so! I can’t have 
Prancer laid up now, with my Christmas Eve trip only 
five days off! Use the liniment, and then give him a 
dose of Dr. Pip’s Patent Reindeer Remedy if he doesn’t 
improve. 

Stable Boy. Yes, sir; I’ll fix him up! 

[EXIT c. d., running. 

Santa. Oh, what an anxiety those reindeer are! 
Sometimes I think I ’ll sell ’em and get me an automobile 
for my trips! 

Mrs. Santa {vexed). Why did that boy have to 
bother you about Prancer? Zero shouldn’t have let him 
burst in like that! 

Santa {mildly). He couldn’t help himself, my dear. 
{To Nixy) That’s a good letter. I like to hear from 
children who think of someone beside themselves. They 
shall have their skis, and a toboggan as well. {To Pixy) 
All right, Miss Pixy, read the next letter. 

Pixy. You won’t like this one at all, Father Santa. 
It says:“Iama boy that can use a lot of toys. I want 
a train of cars and a toy ship and a baseball bat and a 
catcher’s glove and a sweater and a new pair of boots 
and the biggest Chinese kite you have. Then I need a 
collar for my dog, and a sword and belt to go with my 
soldier suit. Of course I want about a barrel of candy 
and nuts-” 

Santa. Hold on, there! That’s enough! Of all the 
nerve! Why doesn’t he ask for all the toys in the Kris 
Kringle country and be done with it? What present 
shall we lay aside for this young hog, mother? 

Mrs. Santa {severely). A ring for his snout ! (Sec- 




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retaries and Doll Dressers giggle and nudge one an¬ 
other) 

Santa ,(shaking his head and turning over the ' leaves 
of his ledger ). I’m afraid I shall have to'scratch all 
these greedy children off my list. What’s the name of 
this hoggish boy, Miss Pixy? (Pixy looks at the letter 
again and is about to speak when Zero thrusts his head 
in at c. d.) 

Zero. Father Santa, there’s a boy out here that wants 
to see yon. He says he’s lost, and he’s cold and hungry. 
But he doesn’t want charity. He says he’ll work for 
you. I reckon he’s a young imp, all right! Shall I 
bring him in ? 

Santa. Well, I can’t turn away a lost child who is 
cold and hungry. Bring him in, Zero. 

[Zero EXITS c. d. 

Mrs. Santa. Now, Santa, you know you’re too 
busy- 

RE-ENTER Zero c. d., ushering in Peter Possum, who 
shivers and looks scared. 

Santa ( surveying the Boy over his glasses). Well, 
young man, you are from the world down there, eh? 
How did you happen to get lost in the Kris Kringle 
country? [EXIT Zero c. d. 

Boy {awe-stricken) . Please, Mr. Santa, I was travel¬ 
ing around the North Pole, visiting the Eskimos. I got 
caught in a storm and wandered away from ’em. A 
fisherman told me I was near your place, so I kept on 
till I found you. 

Santa. I shall have to send you back home in charge 
of one of my snow fairies. The trouble is, we are all so 
busy we don’t know where to turn; so it’s hard to spare 
any fairies now. My factory is running night and day, 
getting out the Christmas toys. 

Boy {eagerly). Oh, Mr. Santa, please let me stay and 
wor£ for you in the toy factory. I’d love to help! I 
could go home with you Christmas Eve when you make 
your trip. 



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Santa. What 4° you know about making toys? 
You’d only be in the way, youngster. 

Boy. I know how to use a chest of tools. I made my 
mother a fine rolling-pin! I’d do exactly as you told 
me, Mr. Santa. You needn’t pay me regular wages. 
I’d—I’d a lot rather you’d pay me in toys! 

Santa. Well, I need help very badly. I’ll give you 
a trial. What’s your name, boy? 

Boy ( stammering and confused). P-Paul! 

Santa ( briskly, yet kindly). All right. Mother, get 
Paul something to eat, won’t you? Then take him into 
the factory and tell Ajax to put him to work. (EXIT 
Mrs. Santa with Boy d. l. Santa to his Secretaries) 
Well, let’s get back to our letters, young ladies. Now 
about this boy that wants the earth- 

Zero ( pops head in at c. d., apologetically). Father 
Santa, will you see Miss Perky Periwinkle? I told her 
this was your busy day, but she says her business is 
very important. 

Santa (frowning). Who is Miss Perky Periwinkle? 

Zero (holding up a visiting card and reading pom¬ 
pously). It says, “Polar Supervisor of the Amalga¬ 
mated Christmas Charities of the World.” 

Santa. Oh, yes, the charity agent. I remember her 
now. Show her in, Zero. 

ENTER Zero c. d., ushering in Miss Periwinkle • she 
bobs a funny little curtsy to Santa and lays a pa¬ 
per before him. 

Santa. Well, Miss Periwinkle, I see you’ve been hus¬ 
tling around as lively as usual. 

Miss Periwinkle ( businesslike ). Yes, Father Santa, 
I’ve been working very hard to get you that list of poor 
children you asked for. (Points to items on the paper) 
Here’s a group of orphans that won’t have the tiniest 
bit of Christmas unless you remember them. The chil¬ 
dren of this next group are from families so poor that 
their parents can’t even give them enough to eat. Our 



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association will supply these tots with Christmas din¬ 
ners, and we rely on you to provide the presents. 

Santa. Now this is exactly what I wanted: ( Hands 
the paper to Trixy) Miss Trixy, please copy this list 
and have it ready for me when I start out Christmas 
Eve. Miss Periwinkle, I’m forty times obliged to you! 
(Shakes hands with her) Come back some day when 
I’ve lots of time. You see, this is my busy day! 

Miss Periwinkle. I’m a pretty busy person myself, 
Father Santa. I’ll admit, however, that just now you 
are probably the busiest fairy in Christendom. (Backs 
toivard c. d. with bobbing, jerky little curtsies which 
Santa returns ivith equally jerky bows) I must hurry 
on. I wish you a very successful trip on Christmas Eve, 
my dear sir! 

Santa. Much obliged, Miss Periwinkle. (EXIT 
Miss Periwinkle c. d. Santa sits at desk again) 
Great Scott! What a lot of time I’m losing! Now 
that letter, Miss Pixy- 

Zero ( poking head in at c. d.). Father Santa, there’s 
an old codger out here that insists on seeing you. I’ve 
been trying to shoo him away, but he won’t go. Says 
his name is Professor E. Cypher Fussbutton, and he’s 
come all the way from—some crazy place in North 
America that I can’t remember, to investigate you. He 
says he won’t go back till he’s seen you. 

Santa (astonished) . To investigate me! 

Zero. Yes. Some crack-brained society or other has 
sent him up here to find out whether you ’re real! 

Santa (springing to his feet with an indignant roar). 
What! To find out whether I’m real? I’ll show him 

whether I’m real! I - (Prof. Fussbutton appears 

behind Zero, swinging him bodily out of the way) 

ENTER Prof. Fussbutton c. d., rushing forward to 
greet Santa with his right hand extended, and his 
left hand clutching a note-book and pencil. 

Prof. Fussbutton. My dear sir, this is a great pleas¬ 
ure, a very great pleasure! To think that I should see 




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you face to face! I am E. Cypher Fussbutton, ac¬ 
credited representative of the North American for the 
Scientific Investigation of Unscientific Myths, and I am 
preparing for them a treatise on the subject, “Is Santa 
Claus a Myth?” My visit to you, therefore, is in the 
nature of research work- 

Santa ( very dignified and cold). My dear Professor 
Fussbutton, you must excuse me. I haven’t time to 
waste on persons that think I’m a myth! This is my 
busy day! I have to handle tons of letters from the 
children of the world down there, and see that my fac¬ 
tory turns out millions of toys to be distributed on 
Christmas Eve. 

Prof. Fussbutton (who has begun to write busily in 
his note-book) . Good! Excellent! My dear sir, your 
words ring true! How surprised my society will be! 
Will you be so good as to tell me more about your es¬ 
tablishment? You spoke of a—er—toy factory. I 
should be most delighted to see it. Do you make all the 
toys yourself? 

Santa. Certainly not! I need a great deal of help. 
My snow fairies do most of the work. 

Prof. Fussbutton (dropping his pencil in his amaze¬ 
ment). Snow fairies, my dear sir? And who are they? 

Santa (shortly). They are the nieces and nephews 
of my friend Jack Frost. 

Prof. Fussbutton (enthusiastically, writing). Won- 
der-ful! Splendid! How interested my society will be! 
I should like to see some of these—er—fairies at work, 
my dear Mr. Santa, if you would be so good- 

Santa (indicating the Doll Dressers, working 
quietly in their corner). Here are some of my snow 
fairies. They are dressing the Christmas dolls. (To 
Fairies) Salute Professor Fussbutton, my dears! ( In¬ 
dicating Secretaries) Also my secretaries, Jack Frost’s 
own cousins. (Fairies rise and drop Professor Fuss¬ 
button a curtsy, resume seats, and go on with their 
work. The Secretaries bow. Prof. Fussbutton bows) 

Prof. Fussbutton (surveying Fairies with delight). 




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Ye-ry remarkable little creatures, Mr. Santa, very! 
They look almost human! 

Santa ( softening toward his visitor). I’ll take you 
through the factory and show you the rest of my work¬ 
ers, if you are interested. I really have a model factory 
and model employes. They-- 

ENTER Mrs. Santa d. l. She is breathless with haste 
and does not see Prof. Pussbutton. 

Mrs. Santa (to Santa). My dear, I don’t know what 
can be the matter with the ball-and-top makers. They 
have actually stopped work! They told me they didn’t 
feel like working and asked me for a vacation! 

Santa (aghast). What! Why, I never heard of 
such a thing! (Recollecting himself) My dear, don’t 
you see Professor Fussbutton ? He comes all the way 
from the world down there to see our factory. Professor 
Fussbutton, Mrs. Santa Claus. (Prof. Fussbutton 
bows low. Mrs. Santa nods) 

Mrs. Santa. Oh, Professor Fussbutton, I’m afraid 
you’ve come at a bad time! I never saw the snow fairies 
act so queer before. Really, Santa, I think you’ll have 
to speak to them. 

ENTER Ajax d. l., hurriedly. He looks anxious. 

Ajax. Excuse me, Father Santa, but I don’t know 
what to do! The doll-furniture makers have quit work 
and say they want to go coasting. And the sport-toy 
makers are really soldiering on the job! They say 
they’re tired. I don’t know what’s come over the whole 
pack of ’em. I think they aren’t right in their heads! 

Prof. Fussbutton (writing diligently). Ve^ry re¬ 
markable! A strike among Santa Claus’ fairies! So 
like home and mother! Ex-traor-dinary! 

Santa (pounding his desk with his fist). Ajax, you 
go right back to the workroom and tell those fairies I’ll 
give ’em just five minutes to stop their nonsense and 
get to work. Great hokey! To have this happen in the 



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midst of our Christmas rush! Ajax, can you remember 
when you noticed the first symptoms of this trouble? 

Ajax ( scratching his head). Let’s see, I believe they 
began to act crazy shortly after Mrs. Santa brought in 
that boy- 

Santa {startled). Thunder! I had forgotten all 
about the boy. What about him, Ajax? 

Ajax {blankly). I can’t say I’ve seen anything 
wrong with him, Father Santa. He seems a fair worker, 
though he asks too many questions, like all those earth 
children. 

Mrs. Santa {seizing Santa’s arm in sudden hope). 
Santa, I have an idea! Let us send for Jack Frost. He 
can handle his nieces and nephews if anyone can! 

TriXy {taking down ’phone receiver). Arctic 0032, 
please. {Pause) Is this Jack Frost? Well, this is the 
Kris Kringle factory. Father Santa wants you to come 
over right away, Cousin Jack.Yes, it’s very im¬ 
portant.All right. {Hangs up receiver) He’s 

coming, Father Santa. 

Mrs. Santa {has been looking into the workroom, ut¬ 
ters an excited cry and turns around). Here they come! 
It’s the mechanical-toy makers, Santa. Well, of all the 
impudence! 

ENTER six Snow Fairies who are the mechanical-toy 
makers, single file, with a rush, almost upsetting 
Ajax and Mrs. Santa. With arms akimbo, they 
skip around the stage twice, grinning at Santa 
Claus as they circle past him. 

Santa {sternly). Stop! What do you want, fairies? 

Leader of Toy Makers. We don’t want to work, 
Father Santa. We want to ride the reindeer! 

Santa. Don’t be foolish! You know I wouldn’t let 
you ride my reindeer. They must be fresh for my 
Christmas Eve trip! 

Leader of Toy Makers. Then let us make ourselves 
toboggans and coast down the giant icicles! 

Prof. Fussbutton {examining Fairies through his 





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eye-glasses, then writing). Mar-velousJ What a story 
I shall have for my society! 

Santa. Of course you may slide down the icicles to¬ 
night after you’ve finished your stint of toys. Now ruu 
back to your work like good fairies. 

Fairies (in chorus). Want to coast now! ( Shake 
their heads and grin impishly, dancing around Santa 
and off the stage through d.-l.) 

Santa (throwing up arms in despair and pacing dis¬ 
tractedly up and down). And this is my busy day! 

Zero (popping head in at c. d.). Hey, there, Father 
Santa, Jack Frost is here! 

Santa. Thank goodness! 

ENTER Jack Frost c. d. Santa rushes to meet him 
from one side, and Mrs. Santa approaches him from 
the other. Prof. Fussbutton stares at him curi¬ 
ously and makes another entry in his note-book. 

Jack Frost. Well, well, what’s all this rumpus 
about, Santa? Zero tells me that my nieces and nephews 
have been making nuisances of themselves. 

Santa. They’ve suddenly taken a notion they won’t 
work, Jack. I can’t understand it at all! 

Jack Frost (brisk and businesslike). They must be 
feverish. I’d better take their temperatures. (Draws 
out a big thermometer from under his long mantle, looks 
at it critically and tucks it under his arm) I’ll just 
step into the workroom and have a look at them. No, 
you stay right here, Santa. I can work better alone. 
Ajax will show me the way, eh, Ajax? 

Ajax. You bet I will, Uncle Jack. 

[EXEUNT Jack Frost and Ajax d. l., talking and 
gesticulating in dumb show. 

Santa. Well, Mr. Professor, it looks as if you’ll not 
get to inspect my model factory to-day! (Sits at desk 
dejectedly, with head propped on hands) 

Prof. Fussbutton (writing rapturously). Don’t 
apologize, my dear sir! Never have I been more edified 


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in my life. Dear, dear! When this story is published, 
won’t all our rival scientific societies just die of envy! 

Santa ( discouraged; to Secretaries). Well, young 
ladies, I suppose we’d better get back to the correspond¬ 
ence. Yet what’s the use? If I can’t get the toys fin¬ 
ished, the letters might as well go- 

Jack Frost (in the workroom, shouting at someone). 
Hey, there, you young limb, don’t you try to escape me! 
(Calls to Santa) Well, Santa, I’ve located the trouble. 

ENTER Jack Frost d. l., dragging the Boy by the col¬ 
lar and brandishing thermometer. Boy alarmed 
and sheepish, wriggles in his grasp. 

Santa. The boy! Ajax suggested that. Well, what’s 
he been doing? 

Jack Frost. He made a fire in the toy cook-stove that 
goes with the doll furniture set. Then he put the stove 
inside the doll house, so that Ajax never found it. The 
heat made my snow fairies light-headed. No wonder 1 
found them feverish! A little more and they would 
have melted! 

Santa (severely). Why did you do that, young ’un? 

Boy (sniveling a little). I was cold. It’s terribly 
cold in there! 

Santa. Of course it is. The snow fairies must have 
it cold. Why did you want to work in my factory, 
young man, if you couldn’t stand the cold? 

Prof. Fussbtjtton (staring at the Boy very hard 
through his eye-glasses, suddenly cries out in amaze¬ 
ment). Why, bless my soul, it’s little Peter Possum, 
who ran away from home! I know your father well, 
Peter. He and your mother have been searching every¬ 
where for you. 

Santa. Aha, young man! So you’ve been fibbing to 
me, with your pipe-dream about visiting the Eskimos. 
And here you’re nothing but a runaway boy who is 
afraid to tell his right name! 

Boy (squirming uneasily). Well, I did stop with the 
Eskimos a while- 




16 


Santa Claus’ Busy Day 


Pixy ( bursting out excitedly). That’s the name, Fa¬ 
ther Santa. Peter Possum! It’s the same boy! 

Santa. What are you talking about, Miss Pixy? 
What name? 

Pixy. The name of the boy who wrote that greedy 
letter. Here it is. ( Shows him letter) 

Santa (looking it over and spreading it out before 
the Boy). Is that your letter, Peter Possum? 

Boy {faltering) . Ye-yes, sir. 

Santa (folding his arms and glaring at the Boy very 
fiercely). So that’s the reason you wanted me to pay 
you for your work in toys. Well, you are a grasping 
little animal! 

Boy ( bawling , with his fists in his eyes). Well, I was 
afraid you wouldn’t bring me all the things I asked for. 
And I was afraid the other kids would get more than I 
got! I knew I could get a lot extra by working for you. 

Santa ( disgusted ). Take him away! Professor 

Fussbutton, you say he lives down your way. Do me 
the favor of taking him with you. I wouldn’t have him / 
around here at any price. He’d corrupt my snow 
fairies! Come back some day when I’m not so busy, 
my dear sir, and I’ll show you through the factory. 

Prof. Fussbutton {shaking hands with Santa and 
Mrs. Santa). Thanks very much, Mr. Santa. Very 
obliging of you! I shall certainly come back. Dear me, 
what a sensation my report will make! {Pockets his 
note-book and seizes the Boy by the hand) Come along, 
Peter Possum. Your parents will be overjoyed to see 
you again. Great jumping Jehoshaphat, what a good 
time your father will have spanking you! 

[EXIT Prof. Fussbutton c. d., dragging Peter after 
him. Peter’s howls are heard as Zero closes the 
door on them. 

Santa. I hope they won’t be too hard on the little 
imp. {Anxiously to Jack Frost) Well, Jack, how did 
you leave the snow fairies? 

Jack Frost. Getting along fine. As soon as I had 
frozen the cook-stove up as tight as a drum and scat- 


Santa Claus’ Busy Day 


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tered a little frost about the workshop, the fever left 
them. They’ll be working at their old pace in a short 
time. ( Goes toward c. d.) 

Mrs. Santa. Heavens, what a relief! Now you can 
get back to your work, Santa. Well, Jack, you aren’t 
going so soon? 

Jack Frost. Sorry, Mrs. Santa, but I must go. I 
have my hands full getting the Christmas weather ready. 
Santa, I’m going to give you a nice hard crust for your 
Christmas Eve trip. So long! 

Santa. That'S great, Jack. So long! 

[EXIT Jack Frost c. d., waving thermometer in fare ¬ 
well . Zero lets him out at c. d. 

Santa ( diving into his ledger ). Maybe I can get 
something done at last. Zero, if anyone else calls, tell 
him I simply can’t be disturbed. This is my busy day! 
(Zero nods and EXITS c. d., limping out ) Now, young 
ladies, the letters. Miss Nixy, will you read the next 
one? (He is still talking as ) 


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